Note: dated 3 November 1901

80.
3/XI 01 [Munich].

Dear G. V.,

Vera Dmitrievna Zasulich came by today with a special air, bearing a "diplomatic" commission. We were even surprised, since the matter is s e l f - e v i d e n t l y a thing unto itself, so there is certainly nothing diplomatic about it — she was joking.

I am sending you 50 rubles. If you cannot manage with these and the 292 frs that remain with you, then write without fail and as soon as possible: we shall send more, for our Finances have now been "put in order." (I don't know whether they told or wrote you that we now have generally quite good prospects for regular solid income — something like a thousand rubles received just recently — so that with remittances from Russia we are counting on getting by for a minimum of 2 — 3 years, despite the general increase in expenses.) Please always write without ceremony when there is a need¹).

I wrote you yesterday about some matters. Did you receive it?

I press your hand firmly. Your Petrov.

1) The organization of *Iskra* and *Zarya* repeatedly experienced financial difficulties. The question of the critical state of finances was raised more than once both in letters from V. I. Lenin and in letters from P. B. Axelrod.
Money for the entire organization came from various sources. The initial funds were obtained from A. M. Kalmykova and A. N. Iotreson. That very unknown person who was supposed to provide money during the meeting with Struve, D. E. Zhukovsky, donated a thousand rubles to the publication of *Iskra*. (Communication from A. N. Iotreson.)
Money was also obtained through collections in Russian émigré colonies, and then as *Iskra* grew in popularity, funds began to flow in from Russia as well.

V. I. LENIN — to G. V. PLEKHANOV.